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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNJT_seminary-o-neal-historic-district_Florence-AL.html
Named for the O'Neal family which produced two Alabama governors and for seminary the street on which Synodical Female College was located, the Seminary-O'Neal Historic District was added to the Nation Register of Historic Places in 1995. Built be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNJO_the-american-legion_Florence-AL.html
Side AThe American Legion, an organization of U.S. War Veterans was founded in Paris, France, March 15~17, 1919 by delegates from combat and service units of the American Expeditionary Force assembled in response to a call by a committee headed by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNIS_lauderdale-county_Florence-AL.html
A County Older Than the StateLauderdale Countycreated Feb. 6, 1818by Alabama Territorial Legislature (Alabama became a state in 1819).
Named for Col. James Lauderdale, cavalryman under Gen. John Coffee and Andrew Jackson, War of 1812; Killed in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNIQ_dred-scott_Florence-AL.html
Dred Scott, whose name is associated with the landmark U.S. Supreme Court Dred Scott Decision of 1857, was born in Virginia between 1795~1809. In 1818 he was in Madison County, Alabama. He came to Florence with the Peter Blow family in 1820. About…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNIM_downtown-florence-historic-district_Florence-AL.html
From the time Florence was established in 1818, a slow but steady growth occurred. In the late 1880s the town's population increased by 500 percent as an industrial boom began. This area became the core of the business district. Most of the struct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNIL_sannoner-historic-district-medical-arts-building_Florence-AL.html
Built in 1826 in the Spanish Revival architectural style, this is the first structure in Florence erected with a steel skeleton supporting the floors, walls and roof. The framework is strong enough to support two more stories than were actually bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNIK_southall-drugs_Florence-AL.html
Charles Morton Southall (1864-1952) constructed this Commercial Italianate style building in 1900 of the finest materials for his wholesale/retail drug business. The elegant interior by Charles Hester, New York City, contained the area's first rub…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNII_city-of-florence_Florence-AL.html
Florence was surveyed for the Cypress Land Company in 1818 by Ferdinand Sannoner and named for the famous capital of Tuscany. The county seat of Lauderdale County, it was first incorporated in 1826. Located at the foot of Muscle Shoals, it became …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM36_deibert-park_Florence-AL.html
This park was donated to the people of Florence by Dr. Kirk R. and Lillian Cook Deibert who initially acquired this property in 1952. The acreage was once a part of a large ante-bellum plantation owned by Judge Sidney Cherry Posey. In 1875 his hei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLVI_wheeler-rifles_Florence-AL.html
Prior to the repeal of the Militia Act in 1902, states maintained their own militia. One of the last militia in Florence and Lauderdale County was the Wheeler Rifles. Organized in 1888, under the command of Captain Julian Fields, it was named for …